The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-20
Our Favorites in New York

Our New York correspondent thus
sums up the amusements ne has had
chance to visit:
The theatres are running to good
business. jim the Penmau still
draws crowded houses at the Madison
Square. No seats can be secured there
for less than a week in advance. Salt
Lakers will regret to hear thai the Mad
ison Square Company will not go west
this summer. Mr.. Palmer has made
other plans just lately. Mr.. Daly's
sCompanv will, however. go to San Fran
cisco and, of course, they will stop at
Salt Lake. If any company has the
power to reconcile you all to the changed
plans of your Madison.Square friends,
it will certainly be Mr.. Days splendid
company and almost perfect perfor-
mances.
MIR. and Mrs. Presbrev and Mr.. and
Mrs. MaSsen often ask after their friends
out there. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Kelley
are now engaged at Wailack's.
The principal event talked about for
weeks before in the musical world, was
the production OF Ruddygore, and it has
not been a success. 1t is said that Mr..
Whistler, after hearing the first nights
performance IN London, wrote to his
friend Gilbert.
"Dear Gilbe,t.-I like your opera,
but where did you get the name and
why not "Bloodygore, as they are
synonymous
TO which Gilbert replied:
Dear -IFhistIer.-Glad you liked the
opera. Can't agree with you about
bloody and rudy being synonyms.
How would you like to have me speak
of your bloody cheek?"
It is said that Whistler does not tell
this, although Gilbert does. Bloody or
rudy, there is no doubt about the
opera being a failure here. Manager
Stetson would, also probably with the
elegance OF language for which be is
famous, characterize it as bloody"
failure, if his true feelings could only be
known.
McCaull has been running Lorraine,
q new opera by a German composer, at
the Star" this week. There is one air
for tenor and chorus, 20, Sweet Land
of Provence" that is likely to make
the opera very popular. Peregini is the
tenor and Miss Gertrude Griswold, niece
of Bret Harte, is the soprano.
Erminie is still running at the Casino,
with no likelihood of a change. Fran
els Wilson, the comedian, is the life
and soul of the opera. Without
him, it would not have run of another
week. He gets $500 week salary and
earns it all. Mr.. Jesse Williams, who
has been in Salt Lake a number Of
times, is still the conductor at the
Casino, and very dne conductor he is
too.
The NationalOpera began five weeks
season at the Metropolitan Opera House
last Monday. The performances are
excellent, but, of course, the work is all
done under false pretenses. Ludwig, the
baritone, is a very great artist, dramat-
ically and vocally. Whitney, the bass,
is as splendid as ever and it is unfortu-
nate that he is not more dramatic.
There is no first rate tenor IL the
company. Bassett has sweet voice
and sings well, but is rather efeminate.
| Candidus, the principle tenor, has a
strong voice and can sing all night, but
| is common as an actor and singer.
Miss Pierson, the new dramatic soprano,
is said to be good. The company LOST a
treasure in Nine. Furseh- Madi.
When German meets French in the
| American opera, French must go, 1t
seems. The spectacle OF American
millionaires spending hundreds of thou
sands of dollars to establish so-called
American opera company which
devotes the most of its energies to keep
ing out every thing American and the
remainder of them to the filling OF the
pockets of the controlling clique, l:
highly interesting and edifying.